. Agricultural news. Agriculture -- West Indies; Plant diseases -- West Indies. Vv. Klo. 1"-'. W'kKVII. I'lOltKU OF St (JAli-lANK. 1 1 . IJoo'l' I'lOHKl; OK Si i; M;-c \NK. of carbon liisulphide provideil there is a suitable op[iortunity of applying it. The leaf-eating beetles may be controlled by the use of Paris green and lime, or other ^eiucal , a|)plied as a dust or s[u'ay. Poison bait, made of bran and molasses to which poison is added, is s(nnetimes in combating beetle grubs in the soil. This poison bait is used in the same way as already rec-ommended for the cut
. Agricultural news. Agriculture -- West Indies; Plant diseases -- West Indies. Vv. Klo. 1"-'. W'kKVII. I'lOltKU OF St (JAli-lANK. 1 1 . IJoo'l' I'lOHKl; OK Si i; M;-c \NK. of carbon liisulphide provideil there is a suitable op[iortunity of applying it. The leaf-eating beetles may be controlled by the use of Paris green and lime, or other ^eiucal , a|)plied as a dust or s[u'ay. Poison bait, made of bran and molasses to which poison is added, is s(nnetimes in combating beetle grubs in the soil. This poison bait is used in the same way as already rec-ommended for the cut-worm. Clean agricultuial methods, esi>ecially the clearing up of dead and decaying wood, which may contain the eggs or larvae of boring , and the removal of , which may serve as breeding places for insects, as well as prompt treatment at the first ajipearance of any <jf the beetle '.s, will often check a severe outbreak, and thus prevent damage to trees, crol's, and stored Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Great Britain. Imperial Dept. of Agriculture for the West Indies. Bridgetown, Barbados, Bowen & sons;
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